CHAIM THEIL’s practice encompasses advising sponsors and strategic clients on their domestic and cross-border M&A, carve-outs, joint ventures, credit and equity financings, and general corporate transactions and governance. Chaim is also highly sought after by sponsors, private companies, and public companies in special situation investments and M&A, hybrid capital transactions, restructurings, bankruptcy sales, and other workouts. He has significant experience with transactions in a broad cross section of industries including healthcare, energy, media, industrials, retail, and technology.
パートナー
Chaim P. Theil
- M&A
- プライベート エクイティ
- 企業再編・破産管理
経験
- 代表案件
M&A and Private Equity Transactions:
- Invenergy in a definitive agreement with Blackstone Infrastructure Partners and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec for an approximately US$3 billion equity investment in Invenergy Renewables Holdings LLC, the largest private renewable energy company in North America, by funds managed by Blackstone Infrastructure Partners.
- Invenergy in a US$1 billion follow-on equity investment from funds managed by Blackstone Infrastructure Partners.
- Invenergy Renewables in a consortium with Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and funds managed by Blackstone Infrastructure Partners to acquire a 1,365-megawatt unregulated, contracted renewables portfolio from American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) for US$1.5 billion.
- Invenergy in its joint venture creating Illuminate USA with LONGi, the world’s largest solar panel manufacturer.
- Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe in its buyout of a healthcare technology company.
- IEQ Capital, an approximately US$26.5 billion independent advisory firm partially owned by Stone Point Capital, in IEQ Capital’s acquisition of EPIQ Capital Group, an approximately US$5.3 billion multi-family office and investment firm.
- TowerBrook Capital Partners and certain of its affiliated funds in its joint venture with Newtek Commercial Lending, Inc.
- Wafra Inc. in its joint venture with Trinity Industries, Inc.
- Radiology Partners (RP), a leading technology-enabled radiology practice serving more than 3,300 hospitals and other healthcare facilities across the U.S., in its approximately US$720 million equity investment from existing and new investors.
- Ares Management in its investment in Savers.
- Ares Management in its investment in Infrastructure & Energy Alternatives Inc. (NASDAQ: IEA).
- Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG) in its digital shopping joint venture with Rue Gilt Group.
- Tops Markets in its merger with Price Chopper/Market 32.
Special Situations and Hybrid Capital Transactions:
- KKR Credit in certain preferred equity transactions.
- Northleaf Capital Partners in multiple preferred equity transactions including its investments in a waste transportation and management business, an orthopedic services provider, a leading national car wash operator, and a customer management software provider.
- The special committee of the board of directors of Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) in the convertible preferred equity investment by White Hat Capital Partners LP and funds affiliated with Magnetar.
- Cantor Fitzgerald in the restructuring of approximately US$360 million of indebtedness of View, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIEWQ) in Chapter 11.
- Icahn Enterprises and certain of its subsidiaries in its Section 363 purchase of certain of the assets of Auto Plus in Chapter 11.
- New York Digital Investment Group in its restructuring of secured debt in Greenidge Generations Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: GREE).
- Tricida, Inc. (NASDAQ: TCDA) in its Section 363 sale process in Chapter 11.
- Consortium consisting of The Chatterjee Group and investment funds affiliated with the Rhône Group in their joint US$2.725 billion acquisition of McDermott International’s Lummus business as part of the Chapter 11 restructuring of McDermott.
- Pioneer Energy Services Corp., a land-based drilling and production services provider operating in the U.S. and Colombia, and its affiliated debtors, in a prepackaged restructuring plan in Chapter 11.
- Ad hoc group of first lien lenders in Windstream Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: WIN), a provider of telecommunications services to residential and business customers in the United States, in the restructuring of approximately US$1.16 billion of first lien debt in Windstream Holdings, Inc.
- Foresight Energy LP in its restructuring of US$1.1 billion of debt in Chapter 11.
- Chatham Asset Management in its approximately US$325 million Section 363 purchase of substantially all of the assets of The McClatchy Company in Chapter 11.
- Cumulus Media Inc. and certain of its affiliates in the restructuring of approximately US$2.34 billion of debt in Chapter 11.
- Group of lenders led by KKR Credit Advisors in the restructuring of approximately US$375 million of debt in Gibson Brands in Chapter 11.
- Ad hoc group of noteholders in PaperWorks Industries Inc. in the restructuring of approximately US$275 million of debt.
- Ad hoc group of senior secured noteholders of Tops Markets in the restructuring of approximately US$410 million of debt in Tops Markets in Chapter 11.
- Funds affiliated with KKR & Co. in its Section 363 stalking horse asset purchase from Angelica Corporation for approximately US$125 million plus the assumption of certain liabilities.
- Consortium led by Simon Property Group in the Section 363 acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Aéropostale.
- Walter Energy Inc. (NYSE: WLT) in its US$1.25 billion Section 363 asset sale as part of Walter’s Chapter 11 filing.
- Consortium led by Baupost in their purchase of certain bankruptcy claims held by Toshiba Corporation.
*Some of the above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.
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資格
弁護士資格・登録
- ニューヨーク
- ニュージャージー州
- U.S. District Court, S.D. of New York
学歴
- Columbia Business School, MBA, 2013
- New York University School of Law, J.D., 2007
- Yeshiva University, 理学士, 2003 (summa cum laude)